Gum, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Guadalupe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93458. It stands on Orcutt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guadalupe quadrangle.

Gum within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1905 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1905 USGS Guadalupe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1942 USGS Guadalupe quadrangle1:125000
1942 USGS Point Sal quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Guadalupe quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Point Sal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Guadalupe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Point Sal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1962 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

74 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Gum between 2002 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Debris and open burning	4
Smoking	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
6 September 2019	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Santa Barbara County Fire Department	not named
4 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
21 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
16 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	San Luis Obispo Unit	ALBERT
13 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
11 September 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
7 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gum: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Airox Inc Casmalia Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Betteravia Plant	Calcium	Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Barbara County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Iremel	0.4 miles	27
Betteravia	0.4 miles	27
Betteravia Junction	0.8 miles	27
Carr	0.9 miles	27
Bragur	1.7 miles	27
Waldorf	1.9 miles	27
Pacer	2.0 miles	29
Midco	3.3 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660706. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.